04-09-2014 12:21 PM - edited 03-01-2019 11:37 AM
All of the documentation including the installation guide shows that the FlexFlash card should ship with four partitions: HV, HUU, SCU and Drivers.
Mine only has the HV partition. This hasn't been an issue since I've booted from HUU and SCU as virtual drives where needed, but as it is a brand new server, I'm worried it could be a hardware issue with the card.
It's a UCS c220 M3, built for TRC1.
Is this normal or something I should dig further into?
Screenshot of CIMC config showing only 1 virtual drive attached.
Thanks for the advice.
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04-09-2014 02:21 PM
Hi Kodotten,
A single partition is expected starting on firmware version 1.5(4)
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/release/notes/OL-31202-01.html#pgfId-541690
Starting with this version, the SD storage device is available to CIMC as a single hypervisor (HV) partition configuration. Prior versions had four virtual USB drives.
04-09-2014 12:25 PM
I should add that the card was included in the server order, not purchased separately.
06-09-2014 08:40 AM
Even though there is only 1 partition, is the functionality the same? Can I still install ESXi on the HV partition?
06-09-2014 09:25 AM
Yes, I'm up and running just fine since I posted this. I only cared because I was going off a guide that suggested installing it on the FlexFlash, but the amount of space it consumes on the HV partition is trivial.
06-09-2014 11:19 AM
By using the HV partition on the SD card, it wipes everything out on the card, SCU is longer accessible, correct?
06-09-2014 11:31 AM
You can just boot to it from a virtual drive.
04-09-2014 02:21 PM
Hi Kodotten,
A single partition is expected starting on firmware version 1.5(4)
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/release/notes/OL-31202-01.html#pgfId-541690
Starting with this version, the SD storage device is available to CIMC as a single hypervisor (HV) partition configuration. Prior versions had four virtual USB drives.
04-10-2014 11:39 AM
I see, and there we have it. Thanks!
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